Are societies of men capable of establishing a good government through reflection and choice

Yes, as that's how the U.S, constitution was formed, what had happened was we had the articles of confederation but after it had failed, we made a new government using the success and failures of our previous government. In the new constitution, we had also made it so we allow the people to vote for new amendments and laws.

probably 3 since archeologists and historians don’t understand there writing.

states grant a variety of local governments power to meet residents’ needs (source: apex learning). hope this !